Written with Mark Drajem Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today mentioned submerging Washington D.C. under 20 feet of water — but it wasn’t meant as a threat to Congress for failing to pass a new farm bill. Vilsack, at a drought...

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association was not amused, not by a long shot, when it learned this week that the USDA was endorsing — or at least someone with access to an agency website was endorsing — “Meatless Mondays.” The...